Teaching and learning in information retrieval

Abstract

This is the unspecified version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. From the analysis of the literature a taxonomy was built and it is used to structure the paper. Permanent repository linkInformation Retrieval (IR) is presented from different points of view: technical levels, educational goals, teaching and learning methods, assessment and curricula. The review is organized around two levels of abstraction which form a taxonomy that deals with the different aspects of pedagogy as applied to information retrieval. The first level looks at the technical level of delivering information retrieval concepts, and at the educational goals as articulated by the two main subject domains where IR is delivered: computer science (CS) and library and information science (LIS). The second level focuses on pedagogical issues, such as teaching and learning methods, delivery modes (classroom, online or e-learning), use of IR systems for teaching, assessment and feedback, and curricula design.The survey, and its bibliography, provides an overview of the pedagogical research carried out in the field of IR. It also provides a guide for educators on approaches that can be applied to improving the student learning experiences.

Teaching web information retrieval to undergraduates

“…While Web IR is often taught at the graduate level, it is increasingly being introduced at the undergraduate level as an elective (see [10] for a complete discussion of IR curriculum issues in CS). Web IR is often an appealing subject to Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page.…”

Constraint Can Affect Human Perception, Behaviour, and Performance of Search

“…Acquiring competitive searching skills and information literacy has become an essential part of our education. Effective teaching of practical information seeking skills is challenging [3]. This study suggests that creating some level of constraint in a search environment can encourage learners to pay more attention to query formulation and search results examination.…”

ClassSearch

“…Despite this complexity, query formulation is often the focus of explicit instruction because it is so central to Web search practice [9,12].…”

“…Games [11] and inquiry-based learning [15] have been explored as methods of making search skill learning "authentic" (i.e., allowing the learner to address an actual need during instruction). Instructional guidelines have been proposed for teaching search skills [1,9,20,29]. These approaches have focused on procedural learning, not social learning.…”